ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
the growth of stability, the foreign tours stood on an appreciable level, but there were
not enough possibilities for recording and it was felt necessary to work more at home.4
1
Päevaleht 4 Nov. 1993.
2
Westdeutsche Zeitung [Düsseldorf] 19 Nov. 1996.
3
Hans Hubert Schieffer. With a lovable idyll Rheinische Post 19 Nov. 1996.
4
‘ERSO – 70’ Kultuurileht 10 Jan. 1997.
With two concerts ERSO participated in the international Menukhin Festival in
Switzerland, Gstaad 1997, by the invitation of its leader Gidon Kremer. The ERSO
performances were accepted with rapturous applause and the orchestra played a number
of encores.1
JUHAN AAVIK (1884-1982)
He was one of the most prominent, versatile and merited musicians during the
first independence period, whose activities were tightly connected with the
development of Estonian music for more than three decades (1911-1944), his activities
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